Middlesbrough AC - English Schools Track and Field Cup

Scott Henderson and Caroline Sellars turned in the top performances of the day in the Cleveland round of the English Schools Track and Field Cup at Clairville Stadium. The leading schools in each age group contest the North Regional finals on Tyneside or Humberside next month. The national final is in July at Southampton

Middlesbrough AC's young athletes finished a close second to Blackpool at Wigan to move into ninth place with home fixtures still to come later in the season.

The Under-17 age group was in dominant form winning every field event. Gavin Hill won all three of his competition in the throws with Lee Costello winning two events and Chris Tone and Ade Babaturd also winning.

The hurdling events also proved fruitful with Scott Henderson, Dan Burdin and Gary Baldwin all claiming maximum points. Chris Juno, Ben Wilson, Paul Thurlow and Tyrone Crow were victorious in the springs with James Minter and Scott Childs both first across the line in the two-lapper.

The Under-15 squad emulated their elders winning every track event except the 4x400m. Lewis McElwee, Mark Danilowick, Andrew Lagan, Oliver Shannon, Luke Stockton, Mark Forster, Ben Walker and S Richardson all claimed maximums.

The best results in the field came from David Bailey, Andy Lagan and Richard Kilty.

Joe Corrigan notched up three wins in the Under-13 group with Ben Sanderson collecting a brace and David Reed also successful.

The girls square are new to the premier division but have steadily improved with Anna Kirby, Debbie Forster and Holly Scrafton returning with wins at Under-17 level. Stacey Daniel won the Under-15 800m and Charlotte Lappin repeated the feat in the U13 with Kelly Quinn winning the shot.

Middlesbrough AC's senior ladies team finished second in the first round of the Northern Ladies League fixture at Clairville but lacking a full team were beaten by local rivals New Marske.

The best performances were in the sprint events with Marise Barclay, Haley Braithwaite, Denise Knox and Amanda Lappin scoring wins and with Frances Hubbard secured both relay wins, Hubbard also won the long jump with Lucy Plant and Rebecca Chatt winning their high jump competitions and there were further wins in the javelin by Chatt and Barclay.

The second round match is at Jarrow on June 8 and it will be held in conjunction with the division one men's fixture.

Inter boys: School, LJ; inter boys, 391; best performer, J Paisley 80H 12.4; 2 High Tunstall 322 K Henderson 80H 13.0; 3 Egglescliffe 309 *S Henderson 80H 11.4; 4 Nunthorpe 290 A Cattermole 200 24.4; 5 Macmillan 203 G McGweeney SP 13.17; 6 Grangefield 223 D Gates 400 61.4; 7 Hallgarth 220 S Thompson 80H 13.9 and J Myers 400 57.7; 8 bydales 193 C Moxham 400 56.3; 9 Blakeston 130 A thomas 100 12.0.

Junior boys: 1 LJs 274 R Best 200 61.0; 2 Egglescliffe 260 *T Maddison 200 25.9; 3 Macmillan 194 C Johnson SP 9.86; 4 High Tunstall 187 K Nijjos SP 9.2; 5 Nunthorpe 185 C Crocker 200 28.9; 6 Bydales 183 J Wall 400 62.0; 7 Blakeston 162 N Graham 400 65.0; 7 Grangefield 162 D Beecroft 200 28.0.

Inter girls: 1 Teesside High 250 *C Sellars HJ 1.50; 2 Nunthorpe 216 L Weighill 200 28.8; 3 Macmillan 207 S King SP 8.13 and H Coleman DT 16.58; 4 LJs 201 K Ditchburn 75H 16.4; 5 Hlalgarth 197 M Kazerina SP 7.8; 6 High Tunstall 191 C Clark 75H 14.2; 7 Egglescliffe 173 D Forster 200 28.2; 8 TCS 171 S Badger 800 2:38.0; 9 Bydales 155 E Sharns SP 7.11; 10 Grangefield 126 S Bradbury HJ 1.35.

Junior girls: 1 Macmillan 261 A Charlton 800 2:47.3; 2 Huntcliff 227 A Rouse JH 1.32; 3 LJ 222 B Phillips 1500 5:50.5; 4 Nunthorpe 204 *S Daniel 800 2:36.6; 5 Egglescliffe 203 K Grant 800 2:42.2; 6 TCS 201 K Boyes 800 2:43.00; 7 Teesside High 190 S Crow HJ 1.35; 8 Bydales 164 A Dawson 800 2:48.00; 9 High Tunstall 164 S Dixon 1500 5:29.99; 10 Grangefield 134, L Stephens HJ 1.2.

*Denotes best performance in age group

Richmond and Zetland Harriers

The increased number of athletes competing in the second meeting of the re-vamped NYSD T&F League, held at Stadium 2000, Shildon on Tuesday, May 20, has justified the efforts of the organisers.

A total of 154 athletes from 12 clubs, including 21 from Richmond and Zetland Harriers, competed in the three hour programme of track and field events. The re-vamped format gives the athletes competitive opportunities outside of NML, NWL or YAL; an opportunity to gain a qualifying time or distance for School or County Championships plus the twin incentives of individual Championship medals and end-of-season Team trophies.

The shot was the designated Championship event at Shildon and the eight individual age-group medal winners were:

U13G F.Buckton, M&C; U13B J.Crawley, Teesdale; U15G R.Carter, Quakers; U15B D.Bainbridge, Billingham Marsh House (BMH); U17L A.Snook, Quakers; U17M Sam Stanislaus, RZH; Junior/Senior/Veteran Ladies E.McLelland, Hartlepool Burn Road (HBR) and Junior/Senior/Veteran Men W.Farquharson, BMH.

In addition to Sam Stanislaus winning the shot with a put of 10m03, the Harriers had six more event winners and seven second places. The female winners began with Leanne Shaw who ran a season's best 14.2 in the U13G 100m, Jessie Roberts finished first in a Club 1-2-3-4 in the U15G 600m in 1:47.4 and Georgina Zissler was absolutely delighted with her 44.1 clocking in the U17L 300m, inside the qualifying time or distance for the English Schools Championships. The Club's male winners were led by Jason Flannery, Yorkshire U15B 1500m Champion, moving-up a distance to win the 3000m in 10:21.2, Jon Orange winning the Junior/Senior/Veteran Men's race over the same distance in 9:14.2 and Sam Stanislaus scoring double-top on the night with 1m55 in the high jump.

As a result of their efforts, the Club's females were team winners on the night with 67 match points ahead of Quakers and Shildon with 46 and 42 points respectively, and the males were second with 70 match points, a massive 33 points behind BMH and 18 ahead of M&C and Shildon who shared third place. The match points give positions which in turn give League points and positions and, after two meetings, the Harriers are on top with 44 League points.

RZH results: U13G Leanne Shaw 100m 14.2 & long jump 3m78; Jane Thornton 100m 15.7 & long jump 3m26; U13B - Tim Bray 100m 16.3, 600m 2:14.7 & shot 4m36; Charley Purkiss 100m 17.4, 600m 2:27.2 & shot 5m54; Douglas Roberts high jump 1m10; U15G - Sophie Broadway 100m 13.8, 600m 1:49.6 & shot 6m56; Jessica Gray 600m 1:48.7; Scarlett Gray 600m 1:54.6 & shot 5m43; Jessie Roberts 600m 1:47.4, long jump 3m59 & shot 7m09; U15B - Jason Flannery 3000m 10:21.2 & shot 9m04; U17G Georgina Zissler 300m 44.1; Sadie Potter 3000m 13:41.3; U17M Sam Stanislaus shot 10m03 & high jump 1m55; Nick Zissler 800m 2:08.2; Junior/Senior/Veteran Ladies - Louise Jackson 3000m 10:38.3; Junior/Senior/Veteran Men - Mike Brooks (V2) 3000m 11:02.0; Mark Flannery 100m 12.4 & 400m 58.1; Jon Orange (V1) 3000m 9:14.2; Chris Peacock (V1) 3000m 10:14.3; Shaun Purkiss 3000m 9:52.1; Dean Wilkinson (J) 100m 12.6 & 400m 61.1.

This Saturday, the Senior Men are at Sheepmount Stadium, Carlisle for their second NML fixture and the North Yorkshire Schools Combined Events Championships are at Huntington Stadium, York; on Sunday there is the second race in the Black Sheep Series, the Kirby Malzeard 10K; the Blaydon Race from from Balmbras in the Cloth Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne is on it's traditional date of June 9 and next Thursday is the next race in the Midweek League at Otley, starting from the Rugby Club at 7.45pm.

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